Gomez signs with SJ

Gomez has become the poster boy for bad long term signings. That must have weighed on his play the last couple of years. A fresh start with low expectations is what he needs. However, he needs to prove that he still has the desire to compete and contribute to a team.

As others have already said, this is a good signing. Gomez may not be the dominant player he used to be, but he's still a fast skater who can pass remarkably well and get the puck through the neutral zone. The Sharks struggled with their zone entries at times last season and this could help. Plus it gives them some depth in their bottom six and allows them to roll three scoring lines if they so choose. Galiardi - Gomez - Wingels is actually a very solid third line that could potentially provide some offense. And if Gomez sucks? Bench him. They have other options and they're only paying the guy $700k for one year.

makes sense that he is in Calgary tonight, doesn't make sense that it is for SJ and not Calgary. The team with no centres gets to face off against the player that was essentially available for free. Gomez might not be much help to most teams, but certainly would have improved the Flames. Hope he lights them up.

Gomez is going to a much more appealing situation in San Jose than Calgary. Being an American, he's probably happy going back to a US team in a much smaller hockey market than Montreal and even New York before it. San Jose is also projected by many to be better than the Flames this year. And San Jose doesn't experience -20 and worse weather in the winter...

Even if Calgary was going to try and sign him, I doubt Gomez would have been interested.

Gomez is going to a much more appealing situation in San Jose than Calgary. Being an American, he's probably happy going back to a US team in a much smaller hockey market than Montreal and even New York before it. San Jose is also projected by many to be better than the Flames this year. And San Jose doesn't experience -20 and worse weather in the winter...

Even if Calgary was going to try and sign him, I doubt Gomez would have been interested.

Good. While Gomez rarely scored, he would still give the Bruins fits and create great opportunities for the Scabs to score. Smaller players seem to give the Bruins hell: Derek Roy, Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez etc.